| WINDY | Afraid to refer to the city of Chicago! |
| MIDDLEC | Key note for a piano pupil in the centre of Chicago! (6,1) |
| OSAKA | Sister city of Chicago and Shanghai |
| RIND | Old English word for the bark of a tree or peel of fruit that, from the 16th century, also came to refer to the outer layer, paring or skin of a cheese (4) |
| SPRING | Name, derived from an Old English word originally used to refer to the origin of a stream or well where water rises naturally from the earth, for a season of the year (6) |
| HOI | Sometimes mistakenly used to refer to the upper classes, the term ... polloi, derived from Greek, means 'the masses' or 'the common people |
| TOILE | French word for "cloth", used to refer to the plain fabric used to create the pattern or muslin for a couture or made-to-measure garment (5) |
| ANOTHER | '__ Place', term used by the House of Commons to refer to the House of Lords, and vice versa |
| SANTACATALINA | One of the Channel Islands off the California coast; home to the city of Avalon (5,8) |
| ORBI | Papal blessing: To the City (of Rome) and to the World = Urbi et ___ |
| ANNO | ___ Domini, dating system used to refer to the years after the birth of Jesus (4) |
| HOLLAND | Region in western Netherlands, sometimes used to refer to the whole of the country |
| THEFREEWORLD | Term used during the Cold War to refer to the Western Bloc of non-Communist countries collectively (3,4,5) |
| LELY | The Windsor Beauties artist whose surname is said to refer to the "fleur-de-lis" carved on the house where his father was born (4) |
| HIPS | Term used to refer to the ripe red-orange fruits of the rose (4) |
| KELLYSEYE | Call used in the game of bingo to refer to the number 1 (6,3) |
| MISEENPLACE | French for "put into position", used in a restaurant kitchen setting to refer to the preparation of equipment and ingredients prior to service (4,2,5) |
| YOU | Used to refer to the person the speaker is addressing (3) |
| BURMA | Alternative name used to refer to the country of Myanmar (5) |
| NOMOPHOBIA | Word coined to refer to the fear of being without one's cellphone |
